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Very interesting depictions of South America just before the millennium. Also good if you like motorcycles.

I really enjoyed this book about a family, traveling around the world. Many of the places they visit I‘ve been myself too and I could easily identify with them. The places I didn‘t visit, I now want to go as well!
I also enjoyed the family dynamics. Fun read that I‘ll be using for #ReadingThe Americas23 #Peru and #FoodAndLit #Chile. 🇵🇪 🇨🇱

Thanks for the recommendation Meg 🤍

Poppy is obviously not impressed with my #bookspin choices this month. She's a harsh critic.

So, my bookspin one is the tagged book. It's been on my shelves for years. Then doublespin should be easy, since it's just an audiobook, and I always manage lots of those each month. Happy November everybody! 🦃
@TheAromaofBooks

This was a fascinating true crime read, about the murders exactly 5 years apart, of Natalee Holloway, who many will have heard of, and Stephany Flores, who I had not heard of.

This guy truly is a monster.

I‘m using this for #aruba for #readingtheamericas23, but it would also work for #peru and #chile.

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So for my #ReadingTheAmericas2023 reading challenge I decided to get nostalgic for #Peru and read this one set in Peru! I loved Nancy Drew as a little girl so this was a fun and fast read. #bookspin @librarybelle @BarbaraBB @thearomaofbooks

1. I do not. I do believe in “fake it till you make it” because I have occasionally achieved this, though it can take a toll on one mentally.

2. The tagged book that I never finished.

#Two4Tuesday

Thanks for the tag @The_Penniless_Author ! 😊

I was disappointed that I had to bail on this one, because I was really intrigued by “At Night We Walk in Circles” many years ago. I just could not get into these short stories, however. They just seemed too vague, with characters I couldn‘t relate to, as well as many of them being set in the US when it was my #Peru choice for #ReadingTheAmericas2023.

Educational and entertaining! What more can one ask for? Mark Adams retraces the footsteps of Hiram Bingham, who introduced Machu Picchu to the world in 1911, then Adams returns to confirm the Incas‘ engineering was superbly accurate aligning with the winter solstice. Adams is self-deprecating but clearly very brave, willing to expend an enormous effort when he hadn‘t so much as tented in his own backyard as a child. A book not to be missed for ⬇️

I‘m spending a good part of the first day of #scarathlon trying to finish books I started in September for #readingtheAmericas.